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Topic: Pierre's Book Corner

It's been a while folks. I'm probably one of the few on here who a) can read and b) does.Share your recent/favourite literary delights. The Dubious Books Panel will decide if Kindles are allowed. The work of the devil they may be but we will allow for the fripperies of youthfulness and ignorance.

Just finished Stonemouth by Iain Banks which is a good read. Liked The Wasp Factory but kinda went off him after The Bridge. He's back on form with this one but I wouldn't be expecting great things from him in the future, considering he has bad cancer.

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I'm currently reading Tommy Cooper's autobiography Always Leave Them Laughing, LSD: My Problem Child by Albert Hofman, Hockney on Art by David Hockney and Paul Joyce, and The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin.

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La Nausee wrote:

It's been a while folks. I'm probably one of the few on here who a) can read and b) does.Share your recent/favourite literary delights. The Dubious Books Panel will decide if Kindles are allowed. The work of the devil they may be but we will allow for the fripperies of youthfulness and ignorance.

Just finished Stonemouth by Iain Banks which is a good read. Liked The Wasp Factory but kinda went off him after The Bridge. He's back on form with this one but I wouldn't be expecting great things from him in the future, considering he has bad cancer.

Just started Stonemouth - read Complicity earlier this year, that's a belter too if you've not read it.

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Kill Your Friends by John Niven - I had a lot of recommendations for that. A brutal, but very funny book about the music industry in the mid to late 90s - American Psycho-ish, probably slightly less clever, but definitely more amusing.

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smallman1 wrote:

I thought the only people who read books were mass murderers and loosers with no social life?

There's no doubt in my mind that those demographics are covered. Carl Panzram for example, was one of the purest psychopaths in recorded history, yet read widely right up until the day of his execution. One thing we can be certain of, those who do read regularly wouldn't embarrass themselves by spelling 'losers' incorrectly in a public forum.

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steelydan wrote:

Look what catcher in the rye did to Mark Chapman

Bored the hole off him?

Shit book.

------------From a sliding glass door, through white curtains fluttering in the breeze, comes Bruno, Guetta's elegant manservant. The two exchange a few words in French, and Bruno re-emerges a few minutes later with salads.